Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
LIVYIn grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
More Livy Quotes
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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
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The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself – something that’s in all of us, I think, a little piece of God just waiting to be discovered.
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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